Peter Friedli

Friedli Corporate Finance was founded by Peter Friedli in 1986 and is one of the leading Swiss Venture Capital firms. Since its inception, Friedli Corporate Finance has invested in over 170 primarily US-based companies in the fields of biotechnology, computer technology, communications and the Internet. Friedli Corporate Finance manages approximately $800 million USD from pension funds, banks and large corporations in Switzerland. It is also the manager of New Venturetec, a public investment company trading on the Swiss Exchange. For more information go to www.newventuretec.com

Sunil Kaul

Mr. Kaul joins Vertical Circuits from Silicon Bandwidth, where he served as Chief Operating Officer. His success in commercializing technology, building operations and growing companies through focused business strategy adds outstanding leadership to the VCI senior management team.

Bill Watkins

Mr. Watkins is the former CEO and a former Board Member of Seagate Technology, the world's largest manufacturer of hard disk drives. Prior to being CEO, Bill was Seagate’s President and Chief Operating Officer, a position he had held since 2000. Watkins joined Seagate in 1996 with the company’s merger with Conner Peripherals where he had established the Conner Disk Division in 1990.